"Degong ......"

"Yes, give me ten minutes." Li Delin nodded and instructed Wei Zhiming, the staff officer of the attendant room.

"Yes!"

After the press conference, which attracted the attention of Chinese and foreign journalists, Li Delin was interviewed separately by reporters from China, the United States, and the United Kingdom: Ta Kung Pao on the Chinese side, Louis Strong on the American side (in fact, she was working for Soviet Russia and ZG), and a photojournalist from the British news agency Roadway.

"General Li, although you lost the battle to defend Tengxian County, I think that although you were defeated, your soldiers are all excellent soldiers, great, I was moved to tears at the press conference just now!"

"Thank you, beautiful Ms. Strong." Li Delin smiled slightly, he has always been gentle and tolerant of foreign friends who help Chinese and is also an enthusiastic journalist friend.

"We only have ten minutes, just now I communicated with my Chinese colleague and my British counterpart, and the next interview, I asked, the two of them can be added at any time, so it will be more efficient?" Strong reveals a mystery. The smile of the person.

Obviously, in such a joint interview, if the three of them ask questions one after another, not only will Li Delin not be able to answer the questions thoroughly, but will also delay time, and as a result, it will be inefficient, and even this precious interview opportunity will be wasted.

You know, they worked hard for a long time to get Li Delin to agree to this interview.

Li Delin smiled slightly and nodded: "Ms. Strong speaks Chinese very well. ”

"Then we'll get started, General Lee!" Strong couldn't help but show a happy smile, took out a notebook, quickly opened it, and began to record, "General Li, our first question is, although General Li announced the breakthrough of the Sichuan army in Tengxian County at the press conference just now, he didn't describe too much about the details of the breakthrough, we want to know, how they did it, and we heard that you sent a force to meet them, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

"Are your reporters always so well-informed?" Li Delin asked with a smile.

"Well, it doesn't seem like a secret, right?" Strong was slightly stunned, and then replied freely.

Li Delin also smiled in return, in the case of Tengxian County, a defender who was almost crippled, even if he could break through, it would be difficult to escape the pursuit of the Japanese army.

Now that they were able to return to the rear safely, if they hadn't sent troops to meet them, anyone with a little military knowledge would have thought it was incredible.

Of course, from the very beginning, neither Li Delin nor the Fifth Theater Commander's Department denied this speculation from the outside world.

"Guess?"

Such a diplomatic rhetorical answer has further aggravated the suspicion and curiosity of the outside world.

"General Li has admitted this?" The reporter of Ta Kung Pao asked.

"This involves military secrets, so I have no comment."

The three reporters shook their heads helplessly, although Li Delin did not admit it in person, but after all, he showed his mouth, but they can also understand that Li Delin has such strict secrecy measures for this unit, obviously the identity of this unit is extraordinary, and naturally the Japanese army cannot get a little information.

As a journalist and war correspondent, Min. They all know that some things cannot be reported until they are clear.

Otherwise, they will be listed as persona non grata.

"General Li, I heard that some time ago, you were very dissatisfied with Chairman Chiang's transfer of the miraculous troops that broke through from Nanjing out of the theater, do you think he is weakening the strength of your theater?"

"Hehe, Ms. Strong, this question of yours is suspicious of provoking." Li Delin laughed.

"General Li, I don't mean that!"

"I know, you Americans are straightforward, what do you ask, this is a collective decision of the Military Committee regarding the transfer of the Honorary First Division back to Wuhan for recuperation, this is not Mr. Jiang alone, but I have a personal reservation, Ms. Strong has the opportunity to go back to Wuhan, you can interview the commander of the Honorary First Division, Leng Feng, he is a very thoughtful young general."

"He's my next target!"

"Oh, yes, he'd be very happy to know the news." Li Delin looked up and smiled.

"General Li, you are a staunch anti-Japanese general, and I would like to know what kind of attitude you have towards the future of China and Japan?"

"China will win!"

"In the Sino-Japanese war, only the common people will suffer, so is there no chance to sit down and negotiate?" The Reuters reporter couldn't help but ask.

"Then it depends on whether the Japanese government faces up to the mistakes it has made, is willing to correct its mistakes, and gives reasonable compensation to our country." Li Delin said.

"Reparations, General Li, under the current situation, do you still fantasize about making Japan compensate?"

"They invaded our land and killed. If we kill our people, we just admit our mistakes and failures, and we can get away unscathed? Li Delin asked very unceremoniously, "If the invasion happened to you in Britain, would you agree?" ”

The Reuters female reporter's face suddenly swollen and red, and she asked this question a little rudely, with a hint of the arrogance of the British Empire.

In fact, Li Delin also knows that negotiation is not one of the options, and it is actually a strategy to exchange time for negotiation and accumulate strength.

When the strength is not as good as the other party, it is useless to rely on blood alone, but the attitude must be shown.

Weishan Island.

"Hasn't the Japanese army moved today?"

"No, but the Japanese army is rushing to repair the Beisha River railway bridge, mobilizing at least a thousand engineering troops, and it is expected that in three days, the railway bridge on the Dongsha River can be temporarily repaired and opened to traffic."

"It seems that the Japanese army's desire to go south is quite urgent!" Leng Feng nodded, if it was just to stabilize the front line, the Japanese army did not need to rush to repair a railway bridge so intensively, it was obvious that they hoped that after the railway was built, they would use the railway to send supplies to the front line to ensure the supply of military supplies in the future.

After all, road transportation is too slow, and the transportation efficiency is far inferior to that of railways, and the level of infrastructure construction in China is still too poor compared to Japan.

This also restricted the advance of the Japanese mechanized corps.

It sounds like backwardness is not necessarily all bad, and this can only be a spiritual victory.

"Where is this kid Liang Dong?"

"Dazhuzhuang in Pingyi."

"Is there a brigade of the Sichuan Army stationed in Pingyi?" Leng Feng asked.

"Yes, it is the 366 Brigade of the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army, the brigade commander Tong Cheng, this brigade has only one regiment, with a total strength of less than 2,000 people, the Japanese army suffered a lot of losses in the previous battle, and it was originally going to return to Teng County, but it was blocked by the Japanese army, and it could only retreat in the direction of Fei County and Linyi, and Pingyi had been occupied by the Japanese army." Long Yingqin said.

"Shizao, can you call Liang Dong back, the Japanese army that pursued them has suffered heavy losses, and it is no longer enough to pose no threat to them." Xie Jiyuan said.

"Don't be busy first, have the opportunity to go deep into the enemy's belly, just to touch the reality of the Japanese army." Leng Feng felt that if he called Liang Dong back at this time, it would not make much sense.

"But there are four or five hundred of them, the target is too big, once it is discovered by the Japanese army, we have no way to rescue it?" Xie Jiyuan said worriedly, after all, the soldiers who went out this time were all soldiers from his own special service group.

He is a soldier who feels sorry for himself.

"Tell Liang Dong to avoid the Japanese army and break it into pieces, his goal is Qingcheng!" Leng Feng's eyes flashed, just now he finally understood what he wanted.

"Qingcheng!" Xie Jiyuan exclaimed.

"That's right, the Japanese would never have thought that we not only want to annihilate his main division, but also want to attack Qingcheng." Leng Feng said.

"Master, you have too much appetite, right?"

"I know that the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, but before eating, I always have to empty my stomach, otherwise, this table of dishes will be full without a few bites, and it will be too much of a loss."

"What does the master mean by the throne, not now, but in the future?"

"Whenever we plan and then act, we must not be beaten passively, even if we can't reverse the general trend, we must give little Japan a little color and consume its war potential." Leng Feng sneered.

"If the Japanese army pours all the strength of the whole country to attack, then we will not be able to stop the Japanese army at all......"

"The Japanese have never regarded us as their number one enemy, their number one enemy is Soviet Russia, hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army are stationed in our northeast, who is on guard?"

"Order Liang Dong to select a capable team and go to Qingcheng, his task is to find out the situation of the Japanese army in Qingcheng, and the rest will be led by Yang Rui and return via Linyi."

"Yes!"

"Liang Dong goes to Qingcheng, who will take the 40th Brigade?"

"Isn't there a deputy brigade commander Dai Xu?" Leng Feng said, "This Dai Xu is a good leader in leading soldiers, so you don't have to worry, it would be good if you found another partner for him." ”

"Who's going to be right?"

"How about that Guo Xing?" Leng Feng raised his head slightly.

"Master, is that a person from Degong?"

"Degong people, who is Degong?" Leng Feng asked rhetorically.

"This ......"

Regarding Leng Feng's blatant digging of corners, Xie Jiyuan has some gains and losses, after all, this is a thing that offends people, but his boss doesn't seem to care at all.

"Lao Xie, you don't have to worry, if I reuse Degong's people, it's too late for Degong to be happy." Leng Feng explained with a smile.

"Happy?"

Leng Feng shook his head, Leng Feng seemed to be digging into the wall, but why didn't Li Delin want to install one or two important eyeliners in the first division of honor?

This is simply a good thing to hit it off, Leng Feng got talent, Chief Li got eyeliner, as for who Guo Xing finally wanted, it depends on everyone's employment methods.

After Liang Dong led the detachment to shake off the tracking of the Japanese army, he did not immediately follow the route of retreat, but made a detour to the north, spared a circle, and entered the territory of Pingyi.

The troops took a temporary recuperation in a small mountain village.

After all, the long-distance run coupled with the battle and the later retreat cover consumed a lot of physical strength and energy, and the iron man was a little unbearable.

"What did the master say, let's go back immediately?"

"No, Shizuo asked me to take some people to Qingcheng with you, and the rest of the people led by Yang Rui and Guo Xing will return to Linyi on a detour." Fang Xiaoyang personally translated the message.

"What are you doing in Qingcheng?"

"Shi Zuo didn't say, there should be some important tasks, right?" Fang Xiaoyang couldn't figure it out.

"That means we're going to divide our forces too?" Liang Dong said with a headache.

"I'm afraid so!"

"Call Lao Yang and Guo Xing over, let's discuss with the four of us, what should we do next?" Liang Dong rubbed his temples and commanded a soldier.

"Qingcheng, what does he want Qingcheng's information for?" Li Delin sighed strangely.

"I don't know, but we don't have much information on Qingcheng, and Chairman Shen should have a lot of it, but if we ask for information about Qingcheng, will Chairman Shen give it?"

"Qingcheng is not his Shen Hong alone, call him, just say I need some information about Qingcheng, and the person sent to pick it up immediately."

"This number three has already said in the telegram that he can send someone to go in person if needed, and faster than us." Wong See Village Road.

"This Leng Feng, okay, I agree to this, but this Shen Hong is not easy to deal with, I can give orders, and whether I can get the information depends on his ability." Li Delin said.

"Yes!"

Tengxian fell, the Japanese army was not a ceasefire, the Sakamoto detachment under Itagaki Seishiro continued to storm Linyi, Zhang and Pang joined forces to block the attack, killing the dark ground, and the Sakamoto detachment was a little unable to parry.

Linyi is playing well, and Chief Li is much more stable in Xuzhou.

In fact, Li Delin had already prepared for the loss of Teng County, but what he didn't expect was that the Sichuan army actually held on to Teng County for seven days and dealt a big blow to the Japanese army.

The Japanese army needed to rest and replenish before they could continue to move south, which also bought him time to adjust his deployment.

The Japanese offensive on the southern front was very fierce, which was also a favorable support for Muto Zhang's very tough attitude at the military conference in Jinan, the Japanese army gathered superior forces and launched a fierce attack on the Chinese defenders in Huainan, almost every day positions were lost, and the Japanese army advanced quite quickly.

Li Delin asked Lao Jiang for help, and Lao Jiang also knew that the southern front would never allow the Japanese army to cross the Huai River and cut off the Longhai line, so he immediately ordered the 60th Army of the Longquan Department of the Yunnan Army, which had gone north, to rush to the front line of the Huai River to assist Liao Lei in blocking the Japanese army.

The two divisions of the Yunnan Army were not poorly equipped, participated in the defense of Nanjing, suffered little losses, and then withdrew to the area of Xiaogan, Hubei Province to rest and replenish their troops.

Most of the soldiers of this unit come from the ethnic minorities in Yunnan, and they are brave and well-trained, which is not inferior to the wolf soldiers in Guangxi.

With the addition of such a new force, both Li Delin and Wuhan believed that they would be able to block the Japanese army south of the Huai River, and now that it was the rainy season, the Huai River would rise sharply, which would be extremely unfavorable to the Japanese army attacking the side.

Long Quan, who received the order, didn't say a word, but led the 60th Army to quickly board the military column and rushed to the anti-Japanese front line in Xuzhou.

(To be continued.) )